Easter Monday

noun

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Easter-Monday, March 30th, 1282, dawns upon Sicily with fair promise for the festal day.

At half-past five on Easter Monday morning the word was given and the Canadians went at once over the top.

But Easter-Monday was not made only for the city's dancing dignitaries.

For ten days before Easter-Monday, the public had been excluded from the promenade.

There was no "let up" of the deluge throughout that day and Easter-Monday.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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